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  2. Pancha Bhuta - Wikipedia

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    Pancha Bhuta (Sanskrit: पञ्चभूत; pañca bhūta), five elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, in Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation. [1]

  3. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Together, these five essences of the deity correlate with the five classical elements. [38] [39] Koni is the thought and void (aether). Bemba (also called Pemba) is the god of the sky and air. Nyale (also called Koroni Koundyé) is the goddess of fire. Faro is the androgynous god of water. Ndomadyiri is the god and master of the earth.

  4. Five elements - Wikipedia

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    Classical elements; Godai (Japanese philosophy) Gogyo, five phase Japanese philosophy; Wuxing (Chinese philosophy), ancient Chinese theory involving five 'phases', 'agents', or 'elements' Mahābhūta, the five elements in Indian philosophy; Pancha Tattva (Vaishnavism)

  5. Mahābhūta - Wikipedia

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    The Four Elements pertinence to the Buddhist notion of suffering comes about due to: The Four Elements are the primary component of "form" . "Form" is first category of the "Five Aggregates" . The Five Aggregates are the ultimate basis for suffering (dukkha) in the "Four Noble Truths."

  6. Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...

  7. Buddhist cosmology - Wikipedia

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    The entire universe is said to be made up of five basic elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. Buddhist cosmology is also intwined with the belief of Karma. [2] As a result, some ages are filled with prosperity and peace due to common goodness, whereas other eras are filled with suffering, dishonesty and short lifespans. [2]

  8. Aether (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    With this addition the system of elements was extended to five and later commentators started referring to the new first one as the fifth and also called it aether, a word that Aristotle had used in On the Heavens and the Meteorology. [10] Aether differed from the four terrestrial elements; it was incapable of motion of quality or motion of ...

  9. Platonic solid - Wikipedia

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    Andreas Speiser has advocated the view that the construction of the five regular solids is the chief goal of the deductive system canonized in the Elements. [5] Much of the information in Book XIII is probably derived from the work of Theaetetus. Kepler's Platonic solid model of the Solar System from Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596)